- Date
- July 27, 1975
- Place
- Kobuk, AK · KOBUK, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5360VHiller Acft UH12-E
- Status
- Completed · report October 14, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750727030789A
- Case key
- 150089
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2563 75/7/27 NR.KOBUK,AK HILLER ACFT UH12-E CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 2700 TIME - 1335 N5360V PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PICNIC LAKE,AK AVARAAT LAKE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: VERTICAL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL GAGE INOP,KNOWN TO PLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5360V
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH12-E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5360V · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB SEA98LA124Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportEltopia, WAFatigue of the control rotor blade spar and failure of the maintenance inspector to follow the procedures set forth in the airworthiness directive.NTSB OAK76DVH02Accident · No injuriesClosedHappy Camp, CANTSB DEN67A0008Accident · Serious injuriesClosedEscalante, UTNTSB SEA66A0022Accident · No injuriesClosedChoteau, MTNTSB OAK65A0069Accident · No injuriesClosedShively, CA